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1. (n.) parenthesis
either or both of a pair of signs ( ) used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics or symbolic logic, etc.
2. parenthesis
Usu., parentheses. the material contained within these marks.
3. parenthesis
a qualifying, explanatory, or appositive word, phrase, or clause that interrupts a syntactic construction without otherwise affecting it, set off in speech by intonation and in writing by commas, parentheses, or dashes, as
Bill Smith—you've met him—is coming tonight.
4. parenthesis
an interval.
Etymology: (1560–70; < LL < Gk parénthesis a putting in beside. See par -, en -2, thesis)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) parenthesis
either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material
2. (noun) digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
a message that departs from the main subject
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) parenthesis
a word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes
2. (noun) parenthesis
one of the curved lines () which inclose a parenthetic word or phrase
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Sense: a word or group of words within a sentence, which gives a comment etc and usually separates from the rest of the sentence by brackets, dashes etc
I asked John (my friend John Smith) to come and see me.
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 Afrikaans: hakies |
 Arabic: كَلِمَه أو جُمْلَة مُعْتَ |
 Bulgarian: вметната дума |
 Brazilian: parêntese |
 Czech: vsuvka |
 German: die Parenthese |
 Danish: parentes; indskud |
 Greek: παρένθεση |
 Spanish: paréntesis |
 Estonian: kiilsõna, kiillause |
 Farsi: جمله معترضه |
 Finnish: sivuhuomautus |
 French: parenthèse |
 Hebrew: מַאֲמָר מוּסגָר |
 Hindi: निक्षेप |
 Croatian: umetak |
 Hungarian: zárójelbe tett megjegyzés |
 Indonesian: keterangan dalam kurung |
 Icelandic: innskotsorð (innan sviga |
 Italian: parentesi |
 Japanese: 挿入句 |
 Korean: 삽입 어구 |
 Lithuanian: priedėlis, įterptinis žod |
 Latvian: iesprausts vārds/vārdu gr |
 Malay: parentesis |
 Dutch: tussenzin |
 Norwegian: parentes, innskutt bemerk |
 Polish: wtrącenie |
 Persian: جمله معترضه |
 Pashto: معترضه جمله، دوه ليندۍ، ق |
 Portuguese: parêntese |
 Romanian: paranteză |
 Russian: вводное слово/ предложени |
 Slovak: vsuvka, parentéza |
 Slovenian: vrinek |
 Serbian: umetnuta reč |
 Swedish: parentes |
 Thai: ข้อความแทรกในวงเล็บ |
 Turkish: ara söz |
 Taiwanese: 插入語 |
 Ukrainian: вставне слово, речення |
 Urdu: جملۂ معترضہ |
 Vietnamese: thành phần trong ngoặc đơ |
 Chinese: 插入语 |
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